Hand bag



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UNITED STATES GABRIEL DIS'IEFANO. OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,

HAND BAG.

Application filed July 27, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GABRIEL DISTEFANO,

a citizen of Italy (having taken out first United States citizenship papers), and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hand Bag, of which the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to hand bags and has for an object to provide an improved construction wherein means are provided for holding the bag in a given shape but which will allow collapsing or distorting of the bag at any time. 1

Another object of the invention is to provide a bag with a plurality of sliding reinforcing strips for normally holding the bag in a given position but readily permitting collapsing of the bag at any time.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a round hand bag with substantially arc-shaped members for holding the bag distended.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side View of a bag disclos ing an embodiment of the invention, certain parts being broken away for better illustrating the structure.

, Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view through Figure 1 on line 2-2, the structure being somewhat spread out for better illustrating the parts.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view through Figure 2, approximately on line Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view through Figure 2, approximately on line Figure 5 is a sectional View through Figure 2, on line 5-5, the parts being bent back into their correct shape as illustrated in Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the bracing and stiffening strips or blades shown in Figure 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates the body of a bag which is shown substantially round or corrugated and connected to suitable frames 2 and 3 of any usual construction, said frames being connected by a collapsible piece of cloth or webbing 5 and held collapsed by suitable draw strings 6 and 7. The inner ends of the frames 2 and 3 are pivotally mounted on the respective wires Serial No. 654,250.

8, there being one wire on each side ofthe bag. An ornamental button or other ornamental member 9 is mounted on the center of each side of the bag to cover the opening and other unfinished parts.

The body 1 may have any suitable ornamentation thereon, as for instance, a series of beads 10, said body bein formed with corrugations 11 which extend from the center to the periphery and become gradually wider toward the periphery. A section through the body taken from the center to the periphery would appear almost U- shaped as shown in Figure 5. If desired, the body couldbe formedto have some other shape in crosssection, the shape depending on the bracing and stifiening strips or blades 15 and 16.

In forming the body 1, an outer layer 12 of any suitable material is provided and also an inner layer 18 of any suitable material. These two strips of cloth or other material are stitched together by various lines of stitching 14 whereby longitudinal pockets are provided, which pockets accommodate the various stifiening and shaping strips 15 and 16, which strips may be celluloid or other suitable material.

From Figure 2 it will be noted that each alternate pocket 17 is provided with a slit or opening 18 on one side of a central line as illustrated in Figure 2, while the other set of alternate pockets 17 are provided withslits 19, said slits 18 and 19 permitting the curved ends 20 of the respective strips 15 and 16 to project through the pockets and overlap as shown in Figure 2 when in one position and as shown in Figure 5 when in another.

As illustrated in Figure 3, when the various corrugations are more or less collapsed, there will be a reinforcing strip 15 or 16 as the case may be, for each corrugation for holding the same in proper position and for allowing a collapsing or distention of the body of the bag. In order to stiffen somewhat and to hold the body 1 in the desired position, a stifiening rod 21 of metal is arranged in certain of the pockets 17, as for instance, each ninth pocket. These rods are bendable but are not flexible to any considerable extent, though the strips 15 which are preferably celluloid, are flexible. The rods 21 maintain the general shape but permit bending therefrom whenever desired. The various strips 15 are shown of a certain shape as illustrated in Figures 5 and 6 but this shape may be varied more or less according to the particular cross sectional appearance of the body which may be desired.

. What I claim is 1. A hand bag, comprising a body formed arc-shaped in cross section and bent to produce a ring effect, a frame connected to each end of said body, means for connecting said frames together, said means including a pair of binding wires connected to said body and acting as hinges for the frames, and a covering member for covering said wire and the center of said body when formed in a ring.

2. A hand bag, comprising a body formed in the shape of a ring, said body being of a bellows construction whereby it may be collapsed at any point, a plurality of overlapping substantially arc-shaped stiffening strips arranged in each fold of the bellows structure for resisting collapsing laterally while permitting collapsing longitudinally.

3. In a hand bag, a body formed as a partly tubular bellows arranged with the ends juxtapositioned, said body being provided with a pair of aligned pockets in each fold of the bellows, and a strip of celluloid arranged in each pocket for resiliently holding the bellows in a given position said strips overlapping at the center of the body.

4%. In a hand bag, a body formed in the shape of a ring, a covering ornamental member connected to the center of said ring, a pair of frames connected to the body, a collapsible web connecting said frames, and means for drawing said frames toward each other and collapsing said web.

5. In a hand bag of the character described, a body formed from a blank having a plurality of pockets extending from the opposite edges to near the center, celluloid strips fitted into said pockets and projecting therefrom across the center of the blank, said strips at the center of the blank being arc-shaped, and a plurality of bendable wires arranged in certain pockets for holding the blank in a substantially semi-circular position in cross section when the same is in an assembled position.

GABRIEL DISTEFANO. 

